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9: Transport in animals Flashcards

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What is circulatory system?

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a system of blood vessels with a pump and valves to ensure one-way flow of blood

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Describe the single circulation of a fish

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Fish

  • two heart chambers
  • per circuit blood goes through heart once

heart ➝ gills ➝ body = repeat

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Describe the double circulation of a mammal

Explain its advantages

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Mammals
- four heart chambers
- per circuit blood goes through heart TWICE
heart ➝ lungs ➝ heart ➝ body

Why?
Mammals have greater need for oxygen to use in respiration for warmth
- can maintain high blood pressure = increase the speed in nutrient delivery + waste removed = more efficient

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Describe the blood flow

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Right side of heart (technically left)
- deoxygenated blood enters vena cava, right atrium, AV/ tricuspid valve, right ventricle, semilunar valve, pulmonary artery, lungs

Left (technically right)
- pulmonary vein, left atrium, AV/ bicuspid valve, left ventricle, semilunar valve, aorta (artery) = body, vena cava

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What is a septum? Why is it important?

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Separates 2 sides of the heart,

prevents the mixing of deoxygenated and oxygenated blood

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Describe relative thickness of the muscle wall of left and right ventricle

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Right - lungs

Left ventricle - pumps blood around the body - further distance = blood under higher PRESSURE

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Describe relative thickness of the muscle wall of atria compared to ventricles

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Ventricles pump blood around the body/ lungs = need to withstand higher pressure
Atria - only to ventricles = lower pressure

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What tissue is the heart made of?

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cardiac muscle

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What is the function of coronary artery?

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supplies heart muscle with blood

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Describe coronary heart disease: why does it happen?

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blockage of coronary arteries

by buildup of cholesterol ➝ limiting blood flow to heart

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How to measure heart’s activity?

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Electrocardiogram - ECG
pulse rate
valve activity - listening to sounds of valves closing

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What are risk factors of coronary heart disease (6)

how to prevent

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smoking, diet, stress, genetic predisposition, age, gender

exercise regularly control diet - less saturated fats, fruit, veg
no smoking, drinking

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Treatment of coronary heart disease

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Drug treatment - ASPIRIN (thins blood, platelets less likely to clump)
Surgery - stent, angioplasty, bypass

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Effect of physical exercise on the heart rate [4]

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heart rate increases
short term: muscles respire to produce energy
aerobic respiration requires oxygen = heart rate increases = blood pumped quicker = more oxygen is delivered to respiring tissues

  • adrenaline stimulates increase in heart/pulse rate
  • increase of carbon dioxide concentration in blood
  • nerves stimulate heart to beat faster
  • muscles require more energy, so rate of aerobic respiration increases
  • increase demand for oxygen/glucose; quicker removal of CO2 /lactic acid
  • more blood to lungs per unit time is needed
  • more blood/oxygen/glucose to muscles

(pulse rate is exactly equal to the heart rate, as the contractions of the heart cause the increases in blood pressure in the arteries that lead to a noticeable pulse)

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Valves

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prevent back flow of blood

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all vessels

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[HEART] ➝ artery ➝ arteriole ➝ capillary ➝ venule ➝ vein ➝ [HEART]
shunt vessel

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veins structure and function; how are they adapted to them

what do they brunch into?

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  • carry DEOXYGENATED blood at LOW pressure TOWARDS the heart

a: large lumen - low blood pressure = no need to control it
contain valves - low blood pressure = prevent backflow

branch into VENULES

thin/ less elastic / less muscular walls (than arteries) = low blood pressure, allows vein to be squeezed by (surrounding skeletal) muscles ;

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Function of arterioles

why must blood pressure decrease in the arterioles before entering capillaries? [2]

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distribute blood flow into capillary beds

high pressure would burst capillaries
capillary walls are thin/ narrow
wall/ lining, (of capillary) is one cell thick

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venules

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small veins which are formed by groups of capillary vessels

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capillaries structure and function; how are they adapted to them
what do they brunch into? 5

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carry BOTH oxygenated and deoxygenated blood

a:low pressure - used to exchange substances with tissues
large SA, branched
small diameter, lumen - to decrease diffusion distance
walls one cell thick - substances can diffuse in&out
slow rate of blood flow - to allow time for exchange

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describe the ‘leaky’ walls of capillaries :D

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blood plasma can leak out - form tissue fluid surrounding cells

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Shunt vessels function

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change size to control amount of blood flowing to certain area: dilate or constrict

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Main blood vessels to and from: heart, lungs and kidney, liver

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towards ➝ away
Heart: vena cava, pulmonary vein ➝ pulmonary artery, aorta

Lungs: pulmonary artery ➝ pulmonary vein

Kidney: renal artery ➝ renal vein

Liver hepatic artery, hepatic portal vein ➝ hepatic vein

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What is lymphatic system

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system of vessels and lymph nodes that are involved in returning tissue fluid to blood and in immunity

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Explain the process of lymphatic system

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  • CAPILLARIES exchange substances with cells by producing TISSUE FLUID at ARTERIOLE end
  • high pressure in narrower blood vessel forces out nutrients/plasma into tissue fluid
  • nutrients diffuse into cells; waste + large molecules into tissue fluid at venous end
  • carried away by lymph system enter/exit lymph vessels ➝ travel as lymph fluid ➝ drain into blood system in chest cavity
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What are lymph nodes?
function
what do they contain?
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small clusters of lymphatic tissue found in lymphatic system (vessels), neck, armpits, groin

  • filter lymph fluid - removing bacteria, foreign particles = protect body from infection
  • contain lymphocytes
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What does blood contain?

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red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, plasma (55%)

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Function of platelets

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involved in blood clotting

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Describe the process of blood clotting

its role

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  • occurs when blood vessel breaks (injury)
  • prevents BLOOD LOSS and ENTRY OF PATHOGENS
  1. Platelets stick to broken vessel, clump together, blocking the cut
  2. Platelets release soluble FIBRINOGEN proteins ➝ converted into FIBRIN ➝ FORMS A MESH of fibrin fibres

process of clotting as the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin to form a mesh

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plasma function

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transport of blood cells, ions, soluble nutrients, hormones and carbon dioxide

31
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Red blood cell

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transporting oxygen
contains haemoglobin (protein) which binds to oxygen allowing it to be transported

biconcave shape, enucleate, oxygen is in form of oxyhaemoglobin

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white blood cells function

what are two types

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phagocytosis and antibody production
defends against infection (part of immune system)

  • lymphocytes and phagocytes

LYMPHOCYTES (type of wbc) produce ANTIBODIES to

  • destroy PATHOGENS and
  • ANTITOXINS - to neutralise toxins released by pathogens
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function of antibody production

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each antibody is specific to 1 type of antigen

  • White blood cells detect pathogen
  • specific ANTIBODIES (produced by lymphocytes) bind to
  • specific and complementary ANTIGEN (protein found on cell membrane of pathogens)
  • antibody-antigen complex is formed
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phagocytes function

Describe the process of phagocytosis (3)

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carry out phagocytosis by engulfing and digesting pathogens

Phagocytosis:

  1. Phagocyte recognises, attaches to foreign pathogen
  2. membrane of phagocyte ENVELOPS the pathogen, folds forward, trapping it inside the phagocyte
  3. phagocyte RELEASES ENZYMES which break down pathogen, killing it.
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describe one named example of surgery that can treat coronary heart disease. [2]

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stent - small mesh tube inserted in artery;
opens / supports narrow artery

balloon angioplasty - catheter with balloon inserted into artery
inflate balloon to widen artery ;

by-pass - shunt blood vessel joined/replace artery

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